Hatchet.



J. W. HENNECKE.

HATCHET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2. 1915.

1,159,585. Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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JOSEPH VT. HENNECKE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIG-NOR CF QNE-I-IALF TO HENRY J. BARBER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HATCHET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. HENNECKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hatchets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to WhlCll it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of th1s specification.

This invention relates to hatchets and especially to means for detachably securlng the blade to the body of the hatchet, and consists in the novel features of construction as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The invention has for its object the provision of a comparatively simple, inexpensive and serviceable hatchet of the type especially adapted for use by lathers, wherein provision is made for securing the blade to the body of the hatchet in a manner to enable it to be readily detached to facilitate regrinding when worn or dulled, or whenever desirous of replacing the blade with a new one, so as to render the body of the hatchet continuously serviceable, and in which the construction is such as to enable the blades to be economically made by stamping from sheet steel to be conveniently carried in sets for replacement, and to be inserted in the body of the hatchet and securely held inposition for use.

The above object is attained by the construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a side elevation of a hatchet constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the hatchet body and blade detached, and indicating by dotted lines the blade in its attached position. Fig. 3 is a front end elevation of the body and blade attached. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the body, blade and attaching means, on dotted line H of Fi 1.

fieferring to the parts of the device by the characters of reference marked on the several views of the drawings, 1 represents the head and 2 the body portion of an ordinary lathers hatchet, in an opening through Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915. Serial No. 37,663.

which the handle 3 is secured in the usual way.

Extending transversely of the body portion 2 is a recess forming a right angle shoulder 4 therein at a point above and parallel with the lower edge thereof. The depth of this recess is equal to the thickness of the blade which is adapted to seat therein and abut at its upper end against the shoulder 4:. The blade 5, which is preferably stamped from sheet steel, is substantially rectangular, having one corner formed with a radius to conform with the curved portion of the inner edge of the body 2, the lower end of the blade being ground and beveled to form a cutting edge 6, and formed through the body of the blade near its upper end in spaced alinement are two rectangular apertures 7 adjacent the corresponding ends of which parallel slots 8 are formed in the face of the blade.

As a means for detachably securing the blade in the recess of the head, spring clips which cooperate with the apertures and slots of the blade are mounted to extend laterally from the face of said recess and are spaced apart thereon so as to register with the apertures in said blade. Each of these clips is formed with a reduced shouldered stem 9, which is riveted over as at 10 (see Fig. 4) in an aperture formed through the body 2. The upper end of each stem is bent at right angles to the body portion forming a laterally extending tongue 11, which terminates at its free end in a. downwardly deflected lip 12. The space between this lip and the stem of the clip is equal to the dis tance between the adjacent edges of the aperture 7 and slot 8 of the blade with which said stem and lip engage, respectively, to retain the blade in position, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

To attach the blade it is first positioned to register the apertures therein with the clips of the body and is then passed into the recess therein projecting the tongues through said apertures with the upper end of the blade abutting against the shoulder of the recess. The blade is then shifted laterally carrying the edges of the apertures adjacent the slots therein against the stems of the clips and causing the lips of the tongues thereon to register with and enter said slots under the spring tension afforded by the flexing of the tongues, the clips and. aper-- tures being so positioned, respectively, as to bring the edges of the blade when attached into alinement with the edges of the body of the hatchet. It will be readily understood that the blade may be detached by reversing the operation above described.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hatchet comprising a body having a recess forming a shoulder therein, a blade having apertures formed therethrough and adapted to fit into said recess and to abut at one edge against said shoulder, and spring tensioned means carried by said body for engageinent with the face of said blade through said aperture.

2. A hatchet comprising a body provided with a head and a handle and having a recess forming a shoulder in said body, a blade formed at one end for reception in said recess in engagement with said shoulder and Copies of this patent may be obtained for having apertures formed through the body thereof near said end, and angular spring tongues extending from the face of said recess for engagement with the edges of said apertures and to contact with the outer face of said blade.

3. A hatchet comprising a body provided with a head and a handle and having a recess forming a shoulder therein, a blade formed at one end to seat in said recess in contact with said shoulder, said blade having apertures formed through the body thereof near said end and slots adjacent said apertures in the face of said blade, and

angular spring tongues anchored in said body and extending from the face of said recess for engagement with the edges of said apertures and for contact with the slots in the face of said blade.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification. 7

' JOSEPH W. HENNEOKE.

flve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 12. G1. 

